The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-15

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only slngle track crosses 1t now and th
experts cannot understand how boil
: trusaes were carried down when tho bear
Ing comes upon only one.
Mr.. Manley, Of the City Engineers OF
tce. made a careful inspection OF thl
bridge soon after 1t had fallen. He eait
there was no apparent reason for Its civ
ing way, or the breaking OF the iron work
1t seemed as II some force had drawn Il
forward and thrown 1t from its bearings
,. L. Davis, OF the Boston 4 Providence
railway, considered one OF the best rail
road men in the country, expressed aim
liar opinion. ''71Ir : [6iss7l5
| A Mr.. Blaisdell, who was crossing from
the first to the second car just as the train
struck the bridge, says he observed q
broken journal hanging down. This
would account for carrying the whole
bridge oil the abutments. A bad flaw has
been found near the end OF 12.inch truss
which rests a few feet above the debris
1t shows q diagonal fracture OF the iron
Twelve INCHES long, OF which eight inches
is black with rust, while the rest OF the
fracture is fresh. .11 f0srI-'
The first sign OF violence to the cars Ia
upon the woodwork Of the second truck
OF the hrst car. A violent blow from un.
derneath fractured 10inch timber OF the
framework OF tho truck midway between
the rail and between the two axles, The
blow lifted the truck from the track and
derailed the car. ;3Ih G,E lII'I u
Engineer White sayg that in going
across tho bridge he felt shock which he
thought might have been caused by a
broken axle. This, however, could not
possibly have been the first cause Of the
accident, Tor the trucks OF the first two
cars are in good condition, except as re.
CARDS the point above mentioned. The
only remaining possible cause ia broken
rail. It is doubtful ii any examination on
this point would result satisfactorily, fol
there are many Of them twisted and
broken.
The ecene at the bridge shortly after
the disaster was heartrending. In one
place seven bodies taken out were placed
in row. All we're badly mangled. Large
numbers OF women were on the train and
many were to be seen in the ruins. One
woman was cut completely In two, the
upper half only being found. Two men
who were eaved had their faces hacked,
and tho lips Of one were cut off. n
NUMBER OF VICTIMS NOT oBrA1NABLE. (
1t has been impossible to obtain cor
rect and complete list OF the killed and
wounded, owing to the fact that immedi.
ately after the catastrophe occurred it's
victims were hastily removed from the
scsneand in such widely diverse directions
that 1t Ia extremely difficult even to trace
them, correctly. Some of the injured were
at once conveyed to their homes, others
were taken to hospitals while others still
found temporary shelter in the residences
in the immediate neighborhood.
Some OF the dead, or majority Of them
in fact, were brought to the City Hospital
morgue, but there were others taken to
the depots OF Rosindale, Forest Hills and
Canterbury. Agents OF the railway com.
pany are now diligently at work endeav-
oring to complete statistics Of the calamity,
and full list of the casualties viii
doubtless be furnished at the earli.
est practicable moment. All day
Ia large corps OF aurgeona has
been at work attending to the injured, it
now being estimated that nearly 70 per.
sons received severe wounds OF these it
is said number will probably die. Ad.
dlt!onal evidences were found OF the horri-
BILE nature Of tho disaster at q
late hour, as the work OF removing
the wreck progressed. In some
places we're fragments Of flesh or
pieces OF clothing which had belonged
to some victim whoee remaius had pre-.
viously been removed. There was blood
over everything. Most OF the pieces oi
clothing found were from garments OF
women and the fatality among them is
proportionately greater.
| PATHETIC SIGHT.
A pathetic sight was that OF two eirla
with srms around ona another clinging
together in the embrace Of death. In
many instances s1es and crowbars were
necessary in order to free the persons who
we're pinioned in the wreck. In two
cases 1t was necessary to cut the bodies in
two in order to get them out. They were
already crushed out OF any aemblarc. to
human shape, aud were 80 tightly wedced
in that they could be removed in no other
way. One old lady was taken from a car
uninjured but with hor clothing torn to
ahrodO. She eaid the women in her car
seemed to be panic stricken at the mo-
nent the crash came. She saw one
woman dying in seat while another
woman had her head pillowcd on the
dying woman's breast. 49, ~
Daniel Roupdy, Of RoBlindnle. had q
most ramorEahIa arnariapco HI ,,o, l.,
the amoking car playing cards with Ed
Snow, Harry Gay and Sergeant Lailor.
The crash came, and the next thing he
knew he was in tho muddy street, unin.
jured, and holding in his hand tho queen
Of diamonds, which was covered with
blood: His three companions had all